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Reanalysis of BRCA1/2 negative high risk ovarian cancer patients reveals novel germline risk loci and insights into missing heritability.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Stafford Jaime L, Dyson Gregory, Levin Nancy K, Chaudhry Sophia, Rosati Rita, Kalpage Hasini, Wernette Courtney, Petrucelli Nancie, Simon Michael S, Tainsky Michael A
Abstract excerpt
While up to 25% of ovarian cancer (OVCA) cases are thought to be due to inherited factors, the majority of genetic risk remains unexplained. To address this gap, we sought to identify previously undescribed OVCA risk variants through the whole exome sequencing (WES) and candidate gene analysis of 48 women with ovarian cancer and selected for high risk of genetic inheritance, yet negative for any known pathogenic...
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